Justice Coalition Mission Statement The Racial Justice Coalition RJC includes representatives of organizations in AshevilleBuncombe County committed to racial justice The RJC comes together in commitment to racial equity and to advocate for the rights of people of color ID: 799622
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YWCA of Asheville
Racial
Justice Coalition
Slide2Mission Statement
The Racial Justice Coalition (RJC) includes representatives of organizations in Asheville-Buncombe County committed to racial justice. The RJC comes together in commitment to racial equity and to advocate for the rights of people of color.
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Slide3Our Vision
The RJC’s vision is to mobilize and energize existing organizations doing racial justice work to become a national model for best practices and improved community-police relations in Asheville-Buncombe, NC.
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Slide4Urgency Before Emergency
Background:
The tragic events in Ferguson, MO and Staten Island, NY prompted a group of organizations to seek out allied community partners committed to racial justice
By December 2014, the Racial Justice Coalition was formed, comprised of 12 organizations in Asheville encompassing – community service, education, health, economic and religious groups.
Published guest editorial in local newspaper, outlining our goals and desire to work with law enforcement to become a best practice community.
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Slide5Community Survey
In Spring 2015, the Racial Justice Coalition disseminated a public opinion survey to collect constituent feedback on the design of a community forum series with the goal of engaging law enforcement and community.
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Slide8A Community – Police Forum
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Slide9Building Trust
Question 1:
What brought you to this community-police forum?
Question 2:
What does it take to make you feel that you can trust?
Question 3:
What can we do to build more trust in our community?
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Slide10YWCA Racial Profiling Community Watch Checklist
Using the YWCA Racial Profiling Community Watch Checklist as a tool to gather data on local law enforcement
Transparency on data collection
Patterns on data on excessive use of force
Working towards best practice
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Slide11Data Collection
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Although African-Americans made
up 18% of the total traffic stops by APD in 2014, they made up 27% of individuals who were arrested following the traffic stop. While white individuals made up 81% of the total individuals stopped by APD in 2014, they only made up 72% of the individuals who were arrested following the traffic stop.
Slide12Next Steps
Building trust and relationships between community members and law enforcement through ongoing open dialogue.
Promoting training for law enforcement officers and supervisors on racial and implicit bias.
Increasing accountability through transparency of local data regarding police-community relations, including but not limited to racial profiling and police use of force.
Providing information for community members on rights when interacting with law enforcement.
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